Here’s a little glimpse into my day…

What you don’t see is Porter whining, or Porter fussing, or Porter trying to take everything that Sawyer was playing with, or Porter hanging on me or Porter, well, being a BRAT. 

I knew the moment he woke up this morning it was not going to be a nice day with him.  Not only was he cranky, but it was also rainy outside and the yard had not been fogged (we are swamped with mosquitos lately… so we have to fog the yard before we go outside.  Pain in the butt.)  This wouldn’t have been HORRIBLE had I not had three other kids coming over for the day.  I was watching Savannah and Sawyer for Heather while the moving company came and packed their house, and my sister needed a last minute sitter for Aubri.  So, I took on Porter’s cranky mood knowing I’d be stuck in the house all day with 4 kids, one of which should never have gotten out of bed that morning. 

Luckily, Savannah, Sawyer and Aubri were in good spirits.  I’ll admit, we watched a lot of tv and movies, and Porter and I never got out of our pajamas until after Ryan got home. 

I felt bad because this is the last week we will see the Morrisons for awhile… they leave Friday for St. Louis, and we leave Thursday for Florida.  We, however, will be coming back to Michigan.  As for them, well, they won’t.  I took a lot of pictures today to document one
of our last "playdates" with them. 

Savannah drew some great pictures of people on my slider (they’re Crayola window markers)

And the boys really put that play structure to use!!

And I was able to get some great laughs out of the boys… together… near eachother… happy….

Of course, I can’t forget the picture that will remind the boys how the TRULY feel about eachother…

I’m so so so sad that they’ll be leaving.  They really are such a wonderful family.  I can’t say enough about them… they’re the type of family that would do anything for you and that really love to get out and do fun things… they like to camp, they like to have people over (there were many months where I felt like every weekend we were at their house hanging out!), they like to barbecue err cookout, they are dependable when they make plans with you, they have a great sense of humor, they like games, they love kids, they are just great great people. 

And Heather, I can’t believe how much we are alike… I mean, on the surface it seems that we’re a bit polar opposites… she’s pretty quiet and reserved (until you really get to know her) and takes awhile to warm up.  I, on the other hand, can be kind of chatty and spastic.  However, MAN, have I ever met anyone who thinks so much like me?   We have so many of the same parenting views, and that is truly a diamond in the rough friendship… I never realized HOW HARD it was to really get close to other mom friends (or stay close to other mom friends) when your philosophies/views/styles of parenting and discipline are different.  Heather and I have discussed this many times that there were very very few things that either of us disagreed about the others parenting tactics.  And she’s one of the few friends I have that don’t hesitate to hop in the car with some crazy kids and drive more than half an hour out of town just for the hell of it to go do kid things.  Sheesh, the more I write the more I realize how much I’m losing when she leaves… she’s such a lifesaver to me in so many ways. 

Gah… watch me tearing up now.  Anyway, I didn’t intend for this post to end up rambling on about how horrible it will be for Jackson to lose the Morrisons, but it has.  Well, guys, we will miss you SO much.